Most Heart-breaking lyric

[mariaoran]

Oh my!!... this song is terribly sad!... and to hear mr. Rice when he sings it is just even more haertbreaking!!!.... Its one of my news fave songs! so much emotion!.

It didn't take you long
Well, it didn’t take you long.
Did it, babe?
To learn to sing my song
and get yourself laid.
No, It didn’t take you long.
Did it, babe?
The moment I was gone
you’re the master of the slaves.
And it didn’t take me long
to realize.
All of your songs
were just lies, lies, lies.
And it didn’t take me long.
Did it, babe?
I want you to find a new boy
whose face you could shave.

Ok, I’m sorry.
I’m just a little angry with you.
'Cause it dug like a quarry
when you were angry with me.
And maybe it’s not right?
Yeah, but hell with it!
I’m angry with you.
Is there not enough light?
Or do you just not see?
What you do
is what you hated in me?
Though I was never free enough to.

Yeah, well, it didn’t take you long.
Did it babe?
I'm all alone
in the last step of the race.
Yeah, and it didn’t take you long.
Did it, babe?
The moment I was gone
you’re in the masters' parade.
And it didn’t take you long
to tell your friends.
How I'd done you wrong
and just left you in the end?
Yeah, but it didn’t take you long.
Did it, babe?
To find a new boy
whose dick you could crave.

It was about five years ago. It's amazing how you hold on...

(got the lyrics from the lyrics page of EF)

[borneoman]

Been listening to The Cure's Wish album today and thought it was sooooooooooooooooooo sad, especially Apart:

The Cure - Apart
he waits for her to understand
but she won't understand at all
she waits all night for him to call
but he won't call anymore
he waits to hear her say forgive
but she just drops her pearl-black eyes
and prays to hear him say I love you
but he tells no more lies

he waits for her to sympathize
but she won't sympathize at all
she waits all night to feel his kiss
but always wakes alone
he waits to hear her say forget
but she just hangs her head in pain
and prays to hear him say no more
i'll never leave again

how did we get this far apart?
we used to be so close together
how did we get this far apart?
i thought this love would last forever


The Cure - Trust
there's no-one left in the world
that i can hold onto
there is really no-one left at all
there is only you
and if you leave me now
you leave all that we were undone
there is really no-one left
you are the only one

and still the hardest part for you
to put your trust in me
i love you more than i can say
why won't you just believe?


The Cure - To Wish Impossible Things
remember how it used to be
when the sun would fill up the sky
remember how we used to feel
those days would never end
those days would never end

remember how it used to be
when the stars would fill the sky
remember how we used to dream
those nights would never end
those nights would never end

it was the sweetness of your skin
it was the hope of all we might have been
that fills me with the hope to wish
impossible things

but now the sun shines cold
and all the sky is grey
the stars are dimmed by clouds and tears
and all i wish
is gone away

[carvinC980t_kid]

sufjan stevens - For The Widows In Paradise; For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti

I have called you children, I have called you son.
What is there to answer if I'm the only one?
Morning comes in Paradise, morning comes in light.
Still I must obey, still I must invite.
If there's anything to say, if there's anything to do,
If there's any other way, I'll do anything for you.

I was dressed embarrassment.
I was dressed in wine.
If you had a part of me, will you take you're time?
Even if I come back, even if I die
Is there some idea to replace my life?
Like a father to impress;
Like a mother's mourning dress,
If you ever make a mess, I'll do anything for you

I have called you preacher; I have called you son.
If you have a father or if you haven't one,
I'll do anything for you. I did everything for you

[carvinC980t_kid]

i think this song is sad. its sort of a sad/optimistic song, but this is one that always gets me. its by..

Murs - A Friends Blues

Now when your young death can make you aware of your mortality,
Yet times we feel invicible, lose site of reality,
until it takes a loved one residing in our circle,
it'll hurt you cuz you miss them,
once were close now you're distant,
and it hurts just to know they could go at any instant,
gotta love them by the minute, now you realize this,
its sad it takes a loss to appreciate the gifts,
so celebrate the occasion,
just breathing is amazing,
to see the sun rise and set at a day's end,
a chance to fix mistakes that we regret making,
find joy in the simple things, no time for complaining,
the sun will shine, it cant always be raining,
I know it hurts deep, but you must maintain,
I see it in my homeboys Terry and Tom,
they lost so many, yet they keep so strong,
to lose a parent or a sibling and have the will to keep living,
takes so much strength, so i admire y'all,
and one day hope to find out what inspires yall,
cuz im still mad askin why it happens at all,
some say that god takes them
and they lean on mythology,
but i choose to believe that its divine lottery,
i cant believe gods lookin down waitin to slaughter me,
i cant live in fear
and i cant live here forever, so i treasure every moment

And its friendship that i value the most,
That kinship, The ones we hold close,
and deal with it the most of losin but keep tru,
the memories blue cuz life keeps moving. (2X)

We came together like family like it was our first death
Unexpected, so quick, so sudden, the worst yet,
Didnt get to know the girl because after the first breath,
still we loved her like a sister, as a ?? first steps,
got the call out of town, so alone i first wept,
deep pain in the same place from where this verse crept,
never slept in that bed again, the memory was too tragic,
looked up and screamed goodbye,
you wouldnt be present at the wake,
in your casket, now you ask if things change since you left, not really.
We still playin games, BSin, actin silly,
see she dont talk to her and she dont like me,
and will we work things out, thats not likely,
i mean where will we start, do we mend friendships,
or let things fall apart, will we still be in touch,
honestly i don't know, but you're in my heart forever.

And its friendship that i value the most,
That kinship, The ones we hold close,
and deal with it the most of losin but keep tru,
the memories blue cuz life keeps moving. (3X)

And its friendship that i value the most,
That kinship, The ones we hold close,
and deal with it the most of losin but keep tru,
well i'm a little bluein, so blow a blunt while you cruisin,
of your friends that you use it? gotta love before you lose it,
stand strong when you do it, tough times live through it,
don't give into em, stay go pursuin, and doin what you doin,
cuz life keeps movin on

[Rai]

Salman Rushdie/(U2): The Ground Beneath Her Feet

All my life, I worshipped her
Her golden voice, her beauty's beat
How she made us feel
How she made me real
And the ground beneath her feet

And now I can't be sure of anything,
Black is white, and cold is heat
For what I worshipped stole my love away
It was the ground beneath her feet

She was my ground, my favorite sound
My country road, my city street
My sky above, my only love
And the ground beneath my feet.

Go lightly down your darkened way
Go lightly underground
I'll be down there in another day
I won't rest until you're found

Let me love you, let me rescue you
Let me bring you where two roads meet
O come back above
Where there is only love
And the ground's beneath your feet

[Nine]

"And I know I make you cry
I know sometimes you wanna die
But do you really feel alive without me?

If so, be free. If not, leave him for me -
Before one of us has accidental babies."

That's just absolutely gut-wrenching

[Emelie]

well i looked my demons in the eyes,
laid bare my chest, said do your best, destroy me.
you see, i've been to hell and back so many times,
i must admit you kind of bore me.
there's a lot of things that can kill a man,
there's a lot of ways to die,
listen, some already did that walked beside me.
there's alot of things i don't understand,
why so many people lie.
its the hurt i hide inside that fuels the fire inside me.
will i always feel this way?
so empty, so estranged

Ray LaMontagne - Empty

It just kills me, everytime

[verenita]

well, i´m not very inspired, but...
"you give me miles and miles of mountains and i´ll ask for the sea"

there´s no chance... this situacion (in general) really breaks my heart!

[Kristi]

i couldnt be bothered to read the whole thread to see if this song was already there, so pardon me if i am repeating something... :P

Postal Service - Nothing Better

(him)Will someone please call a surgeon
Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart
That you're deserting for better company?
I can't accept that it's over...
I will block the door like a goalie tending the net
In the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry
So just say how to make it right
And i swear I'll do my best to comply
Tell me am i right to think that there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together

(her)I feel I must interject here you're getting carried away feeling sorry for yourself
With these revisions and gaps in history
So let me help you remember.
I've made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear.
I've prepared a lecture on why i have to leave

(her)So please back away and let me go

(him)I can't my darling i love you so...

Oh, oh

(him)Tell me am i right to think that there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride and slowly growing old together

(her)Don't you feed me lines about some idealistic future
Your heart won't heal right if you keep tearing out the sutures

(him)I know that I have made mistakes and i swear
I'll never wrong you again

(her)You've got a lure i can't deny,
But you've had your chance so say goodbye
Say goodbye

[borneoman]

I think the most heartbreaking song ever is Tori Amos' Playboy mommy, which is about a baby girl she lost. There's this line that must be the saddest line ever that goes:

Ill say it loud here by your grave
Those angels cant ever take my place

And in a live version of Juarez from London she ends up screaming 'No angel came for my little girl, no angel came'... heartbreaking too!!!

[Rai]

Another one: Queen - Mother Love

I don't want to sleep with you
I don't need the passion too
I don't want a stormy affair
To make me feel my life is heading somewhere
All I want is the comfort and care
Just to know that my woman gives me sweet -
Mother love

I've walked too long in this lonely lane
I've had enough of this same old game
I'm a man of the world and they say I'm strong
But my heart is heavy and my hope is gone

Out in the city, in the cold world outside
I don't want pity, just safe place to hide
Mama please, let me back inside

I don't want to make no waves
But you can give me all the love that I crave
I can't take if you see me cry
I long for peace before I die
All I want to know that you're there
You're gonna give me all your sweet -
Mother love

My body's aching, but I can't sleep
My dreams are all the company I keep
Got such a feeling as the sun goes down
I'm coming home to my sweet -
Mother love

Written and recorded a few weeks before Mercury died, he didn't even make it to record the last verse.

[Emelie]

Talking about Queen, how about the entire lyrics for 'Too Much Love Will Kill You'?

[Serendipity]

Gotta love The Cure

Pictures of You

If only I'd thought of the right words
I could have held on to your heart
If only I'd thought of the right words
I wouldn't be breaking apart
All my pictures of you
and

There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to feel you deep in my heart
There was nothing in the world
That I ever wanted more
Than to never feel the breaking apart
All my pictures of you

Tom Waits
I hope i don't fall in love with you

Well I hope that I don't fall in love with you
'Cause falling in love just makes me blue,
Well the music plays and you display your heart for me to see,
I had a beer and now I hear you calling out for me
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

Well the room is crowded, there's people everywhere
And I wonder, should I offer you a chair?
Well if you sit down with this old clown, take that frown and break it,
Before the evening's gone away, I think that we could make it,
And I hope that I don't fall in love with you.

I can see that you are lonesome just like me, and it being late,
You'd like some some company,
Well I've had two, I look at you, and you look back at me,
The guy you're with has up and split, the chair next to you's free,
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.
And I hope that you don't fall in love with me.

Now it's closing time, the music's fading out
Last call for drinks, I'll have another stout.
Turn around to look at you, you're nowhere to be found,
I search the place for your lost face, guess I'll have another round
And I think that I just fell in love with you.

David Ford
Song for the Road

Now I don't like using words like forever
But I will love you til the end of today
And in the morning when I remember everything that you are
I know I'll fall for you over again

Guillemots
My Chosen one

My chosen one,
Why look at me?
Why wake me up,
After bad dreams?
Why lie beside me
Why lovely eyes?
Why lovely sides?
Why you?

My chosen one,
Why so kind?
Why so blind?
Why in your mind,
So I roam around untamed
Unbetrayed
Unafraid
My real home, you give to me alone.

My chosen one

Sung with Fyfes voice just makes me want to cry.

[babyeskimo]

'What about me?' - Damien, Accidental babies

'Do you know, what this is doing to me?' - Tori Amos, Here in my head

'I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore' - Dido, Honestly OK

'You don't know what you've done, not here to face the repercussions of your love. You don't know what you've done. You're not my hero anymore' - Kate Earl, Hero

'So throw me a rope, to hold me in place. Show me a clock, for counting my days down. Everythings easier when you're beside me, come back and find me cus i feel alone' - KT Tunstall - Throw me a rope

'Do you ever think you're being thought about' - KT Tunstall - change

'And i am perforated plenty' - Lisa Hannigan, blurry

'Love is like a cloud - holds a lot of rain' - Lisa Hannigan and Paul Noonan, Love hurts

'I believe right now if I could I would swallow you whole. I would leave only bones and teeth, we could see what was underneath, you could be free then' - Suzanne Vega - undertow

'happy for you and I am, sure that i hate you' - TA - doughnut song

The whole of rootless tree.

putting the damage on by tori amos - THE MOST HEARTBREAKING SONG EVER!

OK i'm done now

[eamo_rice]

Duke Special "Freewheel" gets me every time, theres just so much joy in that chorus

"I don't wanna stand still
I just wanna Freewheel
I don't wanna lose this"

[Rai]

Spancil Hill, an Irish ballad. Written by a mortally ill 23 year old man, far away from home. And if you check the census data of the area from 1901 (its on the net), you can find some people mentioned in the song, probably even his girlfriend. Amazing.

Last night as I lay dreaming, of the pleasant days gone by,
My mind being bent on rambling and to Erin's Isle I did fly.
I stepped on board a vision and sailed out with a will,
'Till I gladly came to anchor at the Cross of Spancilhill.

Enchanted by the novelty, delighted with the scenes,
Where in my early childhood, I often times have been.
I thought I heard a murmur, I think I hear it still,
'Tis that little stream of water at the Cross of Spancilhill.

And to amuse my fancy, I lay upon the ground,
Where all my school companions, in crowds assembled 'round.
Some have grown to manhood, while more their graves did fill,
Oh I thought we were all young again, at the Cross of Spancilhill.

It being on a Sabbath morning, I thought I heard a bell,
O'er hills and vallies sounded, in notes that seemed to tell,
That Father Dan was coming, his duty to fulfill,
At the parish church of Clooney, just one mile from Spancilhill.

And when our duty did commence, we all knelt down in prayer,
In hopes for to be ready, to climb the Golden Stair.
And when back home returning, we danced with right good will,
To Martin Moilens music, at the Cross of Spancilhill.

It being on the twenty third of June, the day before the fair,
Sure Erin's sons and daughters, they all assembled there.
The young, the old, the stout and the bold, they came to sport and kill,
What a curious combination, at the Fair of Spancilhill.

I went into my old home, as every stone can tell,
The old boreen was just the same, and the apple tree over the well,
I miss my sister Ellen, my brothers Pat and Bill,
Sure I only met my strange faces at my home in Spancilhill.

I called to see my neighbors, to hear what they might say,
The old were getting feeble, and the young ones turning grey.
I met with tailor Quigley, he's as brave as ever still,
Sure he always made my breeches when I lived in Spancilhill.

I paid a flying visit, to my first and only love,
She's as pure as any lilly, and as gentle as a dove.
She threw her arms around me, saying Mike I love you still,
She is Mack the Rangers daughter, the Pride of Spancilhill.

I thought I stooped to kiss her, as I did in days of yore,
Says she Mike you're only joking, as you often were before,
The cock crew on the roost again, he crew both loud and shrill,
And I awoke in California, far far from Spancilhill.

But when my vision faded, the tears came in my eyes,
In hope to see that dear old spot, some day before I die.
May the Joyous King of Angels, His Choicest Blessings spill,
On that Glorious spot of Nature, the Cross of Spancilhill.

[Sionna]

Reindeer Section's Your Sweet Voice.
.................................
I can't call you a friend
Cause when you left me here
You left me here to die
Don't worry I wont call you again
Cause when I take a hint
I take it pretty hard
And when you broke my heart
you broke it into shards of glass
....................................
....................................
Can I call you my friend?
It's been so long
Since we have talked
and I miss you
Don't worry I'm over you right now
So my feelings wont get in the way of it
Oh, I miss the way we talked
about the little things

[Airofdecember]

Originally Posted by Emelie

well i looked my demons in the eyes,
laid bare my chest, said do your best, destroy me.
you see, i've been to hell and back so many times,
i must admit you kind of bore me.
there's a lot of things that can kill a man,
there's a lot of ways to die,
listen, some already did that walked beside me.
there's alot of things i don't understand,
why so many people lie.
its the hurt i hide inside that fuels the fire inside me.
will i always feel this way?
so empty, so estranged

Ray LaMontagne - Empty

It just kills me, everytime

That kills me too, it's brilliantly heartbreaking, and the orchestration on the whole thing ... I could go on and on ... love it.

"she lifts her skirt up to her knees,
walks through the garden rows with her bare feet, laughing."

[verenita]

"this grief overwhelms me,
burns in my stomach
and i can´t stop bumping into things

i thought we´d be simple together...
but i was sadly mistaken
(...)

this lost is numbing me
it pierces my chest
and i can´t stop dropping everything"

("simple togehter", alanis morissette.)

[Lindsay]

This song never fails to leave me in a heap It conveys such a general sentiment, that it carries to so many situations.


Reba McEntire- If I Had Only Known

If I had only known,
It was the last walk in the rain,
I'd keep you out for hours in the storm,
I would hold your hand, like a life line to my heart,
Underneath the thunder, we'd be warm,
If I had only known,
It was our last walk in the rain,

If I had only known,
I'd never hear your voice again,
I'd memorize each thing you ever said,
And on those lonely nights, I could think of them once more,
Keep your words alive inside my head,
If I had only known,
I'd never hear your voice again,

You were the treasure in my head,
You were the one who always stood beside me,
So unaware, I foolishly believed that you would always be there,
But then there came a day, and I turned my head, and you slipped away,

If I had only known,
It was my last night by your side,
I'd pray a miracle would stop the dawn,
And when you'd smile at me, I would look into your eyes,
And make sure you know my love, for you goes on and on,
If I had only known,
If I had only known,
For the love I would've shown,
If I had only known


Trisha Yearwood does a great cover - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm7fshIogS8

[Lindsay]

Another one, and another country song . It captures those hard to describe moments when.....when you're so certain that someone is still around.

Faith Hill- You're Still Here

Thought I saw you today
You were standing in the sun then you turned away
And I knew it couldn't be but my heart believed
Oh it seems like there's something everyday
How could you be so far away
When you're still here
When I need you you're not hard to find
You're still here
I can see you in my baby's eyes
And I laugh and cry
You're still here
I had a dream last night
That you came to me on silver wings of light
I flew away with you in the painted sky
And I woke up wondering what was real
Is it what you see and touch or what you feel
Cause you're still here
Oh you're everywhere we've ever been
You're still here
I heard you in a stranger's laugh
And I hung around to hear him laugh again
Just once again
Oh...
Thought I saw you today
You were standing in the sun then you turned away
Away

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtPPtBcUt6k

[Lin@]

Sometimes I feel like I'm drowning
Actually it's more like most of the time
But every now and then when I'm sleeping
I still have a dream that I'm flying

And I wake up crying

[verenita]

Originally Posted by Lindsay

Another one, and another country song . It captures those hard to describe moments when.....when you're so certain that someone is still around.

wow!... when i read "another country song", i thought in this song inmediately!...
so sad, but makes me feel kind of redention... it makes me think on my father in some sadness joy way when i listen to it! thanks for mention it!

[Lindsay]

Originally Posted by verenita

wow!... when i read "another country song", i thought in this song inmediately!...
so sad, but makes me feel kind of redention... it makes me think on my father in some sadness joy way when i listen to it! thanks for mention it!

wow ....and that's who I think of too when I hear it, my dad

[carvinC980t_kid]

Originally Posted by Kristi

i couldnt be bothered to read the whole thread to see if this song was already there, so pardon me if i am repeating something... :P

Postal Service - Nothing Better

oh i agree!! this song is sad : ( so is the song "this place is a prison" that song bums me out

[carvinC980t_kid]

john michael montgomery - letters from home

this song makes me really sad. probably cause this is too common of a sight for me with friends and what not. and knowing that here once i leave in a couple weeks i won't be home but maybe once before i goto iraq and will be gone a year. country music always make me sad when i think about being gone. this song makes my exgirlfriend cry everytime it comes on cause she says she "felt this way" when i would write her. here's a link to listen to it

http://www.hit-country-music-lyrics....me-Lyrics.html


My Dear Son, it is almost June,
I hope this letter catches up to you, and finds you well.
Its been dry but they’re calling for rain,
And everything's the same ol’ same in Johnsonville.
Your stubborn 'ol Daddy ain’t said too much,
But I’m sure you know he sends his love,
And she goes on,
In a letter from home.

I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain’t scared and our boots ain’t muddy, and they all laugh,
Like there’s something funny bout’ the way I talk,
When I say: "Mama sends her best y’all."
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving me on,
Waiting on letters from home.

My Dearest Love, its almost dawn.
I’ve been lying here all night long wondering where you might be.
I saw your Mama and I showed her the ring.
Man on the television said something so I couldn’t sleep.
But I’ll be all right, I’m just missing you.
An' this is me kissing you:
XX’s and OO’s,
In a letter from home.

I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain’t scared and our boots ain’t muddy, and they all laugh,
'Cause she calls me "Honey", but they take it hard,
'Cause I don’t read the good parts.
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving me on,
Waiting on letters from home.

Dear Son, I know I ain’t written,
But sittin' here tonight, alone in the kitchen, it occurs to me,
I might not have said, so I’ll say it now:
Son, you make me proud.

I hold it up and show my buddies,
Like we ain’t scared and our boots ain’t muddy, but no one laughs,
'Cause there ain’t nothing funny when a soldier cries.
An' I just wipe me eyes.
I fold it up an' put it in my shirt,
Pick up my gun an' get back to work.
An' it keeps me driving me on,
Waiting on letters from home.

[.em.]

Chess piece--Faye Wong

I wish to leave your territory
Yet I enter your war situation
I don't have strong defenses
And don't have an alternate route into which to retreat

I wish to escape from your trap
Yet I find myself trapped in another dilemma
I don't have the courage to determine victory or defeat
And don't have the good fortune of escape

I'm like a chess piece
Attacking and retreating at your will
I am not the only knight in your eyes
Just an ordinary pawn

I'm like a chess piece
Coming and going against my will
Raising of a hand without return; you never wavered
Yet I am under your control

So sad...I think the sound of the song only enhances this...

[carvinC980t_kid]

Originally Posted by .em.

Chess piece--Faye Wong

I'm like a chess piece
Attacking and retreating at your will
I am not the only knight in your eyes
Just an ordinary pawn

I'm like a chess piece
Coming and going against my will
Raising of a hand without return; you never wavered
Yet I am under your control

aww, that part makes me so sad!!! thanks for sharing Em, but seriously damn this thread to hell... don't read this thread if you're already really sad!!

[Airofdecember]

But I'll see you in the sky above,
In the tall grass, in the ones I love,
Yer gonna make me lonesome when you go.
-bob

All my plans fell thought my hands,
They fell thought my hands on me.
All my dreams it suddenly seems,
It suddenly seems,
Empty
-cranberries

I liked having hurt,
So send the pain below where I need it,
You used to beg me to take care of things,
And smile at the thought of me failing.
But long before, having hurt,
I'd send the pain below,
Much like suffocating.
-chevelle (lol .. yeh it's still sad dammit)

[Rai]

How come this hasn't been mentioned here before:

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were here

So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell,
Blue skys from pain.
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade
Your heros for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in the war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl,
Year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.